EAST LANSING – Successful people - including Michigan State University Athletic Director Mark Hollis - have experienced failure along the way and have learned from their personal defeats.

On April 1, you can hear Hollis and other speakers talk about their experiences during the popular Failure:Lab
series, which is coming to Michigan State University's Wharton Center.

In addition to Hollis, journalist Mark Sager, social media guru Jeff Barrett (recently named a Forbes Top 50 Influencer) and Detroit rapper Miz Korona will also talk defeat. Two more speakers will be announced later.

Failure:Lab, which
was founded in 2012 and held its first event in
2013 in Grand Rapids and later moved on to Detroit, is meant to show the good that can come out of failure.

"Don't let the name fool you. While the stories may be about failure, the event is really about courage, determination and the strength to get back up," said Failure:Lab co-founder Jonathan Williams in a statement.

The series is being
brought to MSU through a partnership with ASMSU, MSU's student government.

"We all deal with failure on a regular basis, whether we like to admit it
or not, and that's especially true for college students," said ASMSU President
Kiran Samra. "Exploring failure through Failure:Lab helps eliminate the fear
and isolation that failure forces many of us to feel."